I'm just reading this and am shocked I can't put the news on because my dd will get upset. Every time we go out she asked "is this central London" and "will there be bombs" She's only 4 yo fgs! We live in East London and it's just too close iykwim.

Pinot - how does your dd know about the bombs? Ds1 is 4 and is completely oblivious (thank goodness) - I don't have news on at all when they are about and I turn the radio off if it talks about something distressing.

GGD I laugh all the time that I don't know what is going on in the world because we always have Nick Jr or CBeebies on but she has overheard people talking and seen some News coverage when dh switched the tv over. I asked him to watch it away from the children in our room as I don't want her to see it. And of course we know people who have to travel on the trains and the end result is she aware and is scared. She doesn't understand what bombs can do just that they're not nice. This makes me want to cry, it really does, but I just reassure her she's safe in a light hearted way.

My DS is nearly 6 and when he got up one morning a few weeks ago the t.v came on a news channel. He must have listened for a bit and then tured it over. When DH and I got up a bit later he asked me about it and I explained as best as I could without scaring him and then diddn't think much more about it. Later on that day I found him out on our balcony looking up at the sky, he just stayed there for a few minutes and then came inside. When I asked him what he was doing he told me that he was praying to god to keep our family safe from the bad men in London.

It made me cry at the time and I have a tear in my eye writing this now. What kind of a world have I brought my children into .